“Miro Weinberger warned that the provisions could make it harder to build urgently needed homes in rural areas.”

“We are producing only about half of the state’s housing targets.”

“This burden will fall hardest on lower- and middle-income families, those with the least capacity to absorb the legal fees and expert studies Vermont’s Act 250 structure demands.”

“Let’s Build Homes polling in February found that housing was the top issue on voters’ minds, and three-quarters of them want more action from the Legislature.”

“Vermont’s demographic crisis deepens every year, putting immense strain on our education and health care systems.”

“We are in today’s housing shortage because for 50 years we have layered restrictive rules on top of each other, making Vermont a very difficult place to build homes.”

“LBH’s geospatial analysis makes it clear that Act 250 exemptions alone are very unlikely to be enough to meet the state’s goals for these housing growth areas.”